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List of French people
Actors/Actresses
A
B-C
D-L
M-V
Architects
Authors
See also: French language authors, French language poets, French novelists
A
B
C-E
F-I
L
M-N
P-R
S-Z
Aviators
Business
- Bernard Arnault (born 1949), entrepreneur
- Liliane Bettencourt, cosmetics, richest person in France
- Marcel Bich , (1914-1994), Bic pens
- Vincent Bolloré (born 1952), transportation and engineering
- Ettore Bugatti (1881-1947), automobile manufacturer
- André Citroën (1878-1935), automobile manufacturer
- Marcel Dassault (1892-1986), aviation
- Alexandre Darracq (1855-1931), automotive pioneer
- Louis Delâge (1874-1947) automotive pioneer
- Emile Delahaye (1843-1905), automotive pioneer
- Philippe Camus Former EADS co-CEO
- Gerard Louis-Dreyfus (born 1932), agricultural commodities
- Eleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (1771-1834), founder of DuPont
- Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817), entrepreneur
- Jacques Foccart (1901-1956), import-export
- Léon Gaumont, pioneer film inventor
- Paul-Louis Halley (1934-2004), supermarket tycoon
- Max Hymans (1900-1961), aviation
- Jean-Marie Messier (born 1957), former Vivendi CEO
- Charles Pathé, pioneer of film industry
- François Pinault (born 1936), entrepreneur
- Jacques-Donatien Le Ray (1726-1803), shipping magnate and a "Father of the American Revolution"
- Marcel Renault (1872-1903), automobile manufacturer
- James Mayer Rothschild (1792-1868), banker
- Philippe de Rothschild (1902-1988), wine maker
- Eugene Schueller (1881-1954), founder of L'Oreal
- Bernard Tapie (born 1943), entrepreneur
Colonial administrators
Composers
Criminals
For Collaboration with Nazi Germany see also the politicians section.
Dancers
See also Moulin Rouge and Folies Bergeres
Economists
Fashion
Fictional characters
Filmmakers
Humorists
Monarchs
See also French monarchs, members of the French Royal Families
Musicians, singers
Painters
Philosophers
Politicians
See also: Prime Ministers of France, Presidents of France
Popes
See List of French popes
Resistance workers
See also French Resistance
- Lucie Samuel-Aubrac(born 1912), human rights activist
- Raymond Aubrac (born 1914), statesman
- Robert Benoist (1895-1944), SOE operative, champion race car driver
- Denise Bloch (1915-1945), SOE operative: King's Commendation for Brave Conduct, Legion of Honor, French Resistance Medal
- Andrée Borrel (1919-1944), SOE operative: Croix de Guerre
- Madeleine Damerment (1917-1944), SOE operative: Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre, Médaille combattant volontaire de la Résistance
- Marie Louise Dissard
- William Grover-Williams (1903-1945), SOE operative, champion race car driver
- Cecily Lefort (1900-1945), SOE operative: Croix de Guerre
- Pierre Mendès-France (1907-1982), lawyer, statesman
- Jean Moulin (1899-1943), statesman
- Abbé Pierre (1912- ), Priest and founder of Emmaus
- Christian Pineau(1904-1995), statesman
- Eliane Plewman (1917-1944), SOE operative: Croix de Guerre
- Germaine Ribière
- Elise Rivet (1890-1945), nun executed by Nazis for aiding the resistance
- Lilian Rolfe (1914-1945), SOE agent executed by the Nazis
- Odette Sansom (1912-1995), SOE operative: George Cross, MBE, Legion of Honor
- Suzanne Spaak, Belgian-born agent: "Red Orchestra" intelligence network; executed 1944
- Violette Szabo (1921-1945), SOE operative: George Cross, Croix de Guerre
- Jean-Pierre Wimille (1908-1949), SOE operative, champion race car driver
Scientists
A-C
D-M
P-V
- Denis Papin
- Louis Pasteur -- scientist
- Blaise Pascal -- mathematician and philosopher
- Étienne Pascal -- mathematician
- Henri Poincaré -- mathematician and physicist
- Simeon Poisson -- mathematician and physicist
- Michel Rolle -- mathematician
- Jean Rostand
- Albert Soboul -- historian
- Jean-Pierre Vernant -- historian
- Pierre Vidal-Naquet -- historian and Civil Rights activist
- Pierre Vilar , historian
- Christophe Victor -- geographer
- Paul-Emile Victor -- ethnologist
Sculptors
Social Activists
Soldiers
Sportsmen and -women
- Tariq Abdul-Wahad -- NBA player (born Olivier Saint-Jean)
- Louis Acaries -- boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
- Jacques Anquetil -- cyclist
- Fabien Barthez -- football player
- Serge Blanco -- Venezuela born French citizen, rugby player
- Louison Bobet -- cyclist
- Surya Bonaly -- figure skater
- Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet -- 1928 & 1932 Olympic skating Gold Medalists
- Philippe Candeloro - figure skater
- Eric Cantona -- football player
- Georges Carpentier -- world champion boxer
- Marcel Cerdan -- world champion boxer
- Eugene Criqui -- world champion boxer
- Jean Cruguet -- jockey of Seattle Slew
- Emile Delahaye -- race car pioneer
- Marcel Desailly -- Ghana born French citizen, football player
- David Douillet -- judo
- Laurent Fignon -- cyclist
- Just Fontaine -- football player
- Lucien Gaudin -- fencer
- Thierry Henry -- football player
- Bernard Hinault -- cyclist
- Cristobal Huet -- hockey player
- Constant Huret -- cyclist
- Olivier Jacque -- motorcycle rider
- Rene Jacquot -- boxer, underdog who became world champion
- Laurent Jalabert -- cyclist
- Jean-Claude Killy -- skier
- Raymond Kopa -- football player
- Suzanne Lenglen -- tennis player
- Bixente Lizarazu - football player
- Jeannie Longo -- cyclist
- Laure Manaudou -- swimmer
- Amélie Mauresmo -- tennis player
- Jose Meiffret -- cyclist
- Alain Mimoun -- athlete
- Antoine Monteiro -- boxer, lost to Santos Laciar for the world title
- Carole Montillet -- skier
- Hellé Nice -- pioneer female race car driver
- Yannick Noah -- tennis player
- Tony Parker -- Belgian born French citizen, NBA player
- Marie-José Perec -- athlete
- Mary Pierce-- Canadian born French citizen, tennis player
- Julien Pillet -- fencer
- Michel Platini -- football player
- Alain Prost -- automobile racer
- Georges Stern -- thoroughbred racing jockey
- Marcel Thil -- world champion boxer
- Christophe Tiozzo -- world champion boxer
- Fabrice Tiozzo -- world champion boxer, Christophe's brother
- Damien Touya -- fencer
- Patrick Vieira -- Senegal born French citizen, football player
- Richard Virenque -- Morocco born French citizen, cyclist
- Jean-Pierre Wimille, race car driver
- Zinédine Zidane -- football player
Theologians
O.P. (Ordo Praedicatorum) is the abbreviation used to indicate that someone is/was a member of Dominican order, a Catholic religious order.
S.J. (Societas Iesu) is the abbreviation used to indicate that someone is/was a member of the Society of Jesus, which is a Catholic religious order too.
Others
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